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Execudue Summary <br />Health and Safety. The project could lead to increased risk of wildfire; employees would <br />receive training, and all wildfires endangering life or property would be suppressed. Workplace <br />injuries would be similar to those experienced in the heavy construction and oil and gas <br />industries and would be limited to American Soda employees and contractors. Methane gas is <br />not expected to occur at substantial levels, but a methane venting system would be incorporated <br />into the piping system. Impacts would be the same for all three action alternatives. <br />No Action Altemative <br />Potential short-term, minor effects would include deer/vehicle collisions, hazardous material <br />spills, and employee health and safety effects during closure of the test mine facility. The <br />pipeline would not be constructed, and, therefore, no cultural surveys would be performed and <br />additional knowledge of the azea would not be gained. Socioeconomic benefits of employment, <br />earnings, tax revenues, and royalties would not be realized. The No Action Alternative would <br />also not meet the BLM's sodium management objective of facilitating the development of <br />sodium resources. <br />• <br /> <br />ES-9 <br />